Liberation is not found by running away from our experience but by looking deeply into it.

True freedom is a freedom from the tyranny of our own thoughts and afflictive emotions.

To what shall I compare this life? It is like a boat that left at dawn, leaving no trace.

To live – is that not enough? To love – is that not everything?

Change is the nature of every phenomenon. Accept this truth and you will live a happy life.

The more you are motivated by love, the more fearless and free your actions will be.

We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree.

In the spring, hundreds of flowers; in autumn, a harvest moon; in the summer, a refreshing breeze; in winter, snow will accompany you. If useless things do not hang in your mind, any season is a good season for you.

True freedom is not the absence of commitment but the presence of choice.

The problem is not the problem; the problem is your attitude about the problem.

The Noble Eightfold Path is not a path of mere intellectual understanding but a path of practice, of inner transformation.

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

The more you give, the more you have. That's the economics of kindness.

The ultimate source of happiness is not money and power, but warm-heartedness.

In the moment of love, awareness is very strong. Use that awareness, that strength of consciousness, to look into yourself.

The grass is greener where you water it.

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death.

Don't try to push away the darkness. Just light a lamp. The darkness will disappear by itself.

The mind is like a well-forged sword - it adapts to all situations.

Forgiveness is letting go of the hope that the past could have been any different.

The five aggregates are not a theoretical model but a description of lived experience to be investigated through mindfulness.

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change, and all patterns alter.

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

Compassion is not mere sentiment but a powerful force that can transform both ourselves and others.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

The essence of the teaching is emptiness and compassion. Without emptiness, compassion can become attachment. Without compassion, emptiness can become cold and distant.

For things to reveal themselves to us, we need to be ready to abandon our views about them.

Should you desire the great tranquility, prepare to sweat white beads.

Hasten slowly and you will soon arrive.

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

Every step on the path must be with the understanding of anicca - impermanence. This is the essence of the teaching.

The superior person is like water, bringing benefit to all without competing.